The Big Apple

New York City, USA

Have you ever asked yourself why Manhattan is often called "The Big Apple"?
Me too.
This article explains the origin of the word:
One time the New York Morning Telegraph sports writer, John J. Fitz Gerald, listened a man calling Los Angeles as "The Big Apple," but he really liked that name, so in his horse racing column he used the nick name "Around the Big Apple."
Since then he began every column with the header: “The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York.”
So, its popularity started to spread out from the horse-racing context, and the people started to use that term for NYC.

I was very curious about why NYC was called "The Big Apple," how it started, and who came with the idea if calling the city with that nickname. I liked this article because it explains exactly who came with the nickname, and how this man did to spread out the term throughout the population in 1924.

What I liked the most was the fact that John Fitz Gerald used the New York Morning Telegraph to spread out the term, especially because in that time it was more difficult to diffuse something, and T.V. didn't exist, but he made it.

And the people really liked the idea of giving that nickname to NYC, which is the most amazing thing, because, for me, it gives a sense of unity to the citizens living there.


Article: http://mentalfloss.com/article/31841/why-new-york-city-called-big-apple